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A recent spike in Cubans attempting to reach the United States by sea has generated headlines. But the numbers of Haitians and other Caribbean islanders making similar journeys are up even more. And while federal law grants legal residency to Cubans reaching U.S. soil, ...

When Jayson Seaver thinks about why he makes so much money while some Americans can’t catch a break, he thinks of the sacrifices he has made, the jobs he worked to pay for college, the 12-hour days he spends at the office now. And ...

Undaunted by a run of horrific factory accidents that have hit Bangladesh’s garments industry, two entrepreneurs bought Adorn Knitwear Ltd earlier this year. It is a small business not far from the rubble of Rana Plaza, a Dhaka suburb building that collapsed in April ...

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A French mayor accused of refusing to bury the baby of a Roma family in the municipal cemetery denied the claims Sunday, as fury mounted in France over the case. Christian Leclerc, the conservative mayor of Champlan, about 23 km (14 miles) south of ...

Every year, hundreds of North Koreans risk their lives escaping the reclusive nation, but the profile of those braving the dangerous border crossing has changed markedly from the famine-driven refugees of the past. Where escape was once a desperate bid for survival by people ...

A cargo ship abandoned by its crew with 359 Syrian refugees on board was towed ashore in Italy on Saturday in the second such rescue last week, prompting calls for stronger European Union action in the face of new tactics by human traffickers. The ...

One German in 8 would join an anti-Muslim march if a rapidly-growing protest movement organized one in their hometowns, according to an opinion poll published on Thursday. The survey highlighted growing support in Germany, as in other European Union countries, including Britain and Sweden, ...

State after state in America is passing new laws to combat sex-trafficking, reflecting a growing awareness of the domestic industry after years in which Americans considered it a foreign problem — something relegated to Eastern Europe or Asia. But while the get-tough laws are ...

Richard Bernstein officially joins the Michigan Supreme Court in a few days. But he’s been working off the clock since November, preparing for 10 cases in an extraordinary way — memorizing the key points of every brief read to him by an aide. Bernstein, ...

Sweden may have narrowly avoided snap elections that would have been dominated by a debate on immigration, but with asylum seekers arriving in record numbers the issue is unlikely to stay off the agenda for long, analysts say. The Sweden Democrats, a far-right party ...

A brain-dead pregnant woman was taken off life support Friday after a court ruled that her 18-week-old fetus was doomed to die — a case that exposed fear and confusion among doctors over how to apply Ireland’s strict ban on abortion in an age ...

Nepalese single mother Deepti Gurung has spent years trying and failing to register her two teenage daughters as citizens of their country. Although her children were both born in Nepal, the 40-year-old has struggled to secure their legal right to citizenship in the absence ...